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The face of courage and conviction. Traits that so many of our leaders lack. Rest in peace and power, Mr. Lewis. We will not stop making good and necessary trouble in your name.

The Term may be over but the consequences will be felt for years. This is your weekend watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtlS...

The Most Consequential Supreme Court Term in a Generation | Expert Panel

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And there it is. The long slurry wind-up was just a lie-laden argument to press Congress to pass the largest voter suppression bill in history which it has repeatedly rejected—Dem & Repubs alike. The SAVE Act Stops All Voters Everywhere—exactly what Trump wants. www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/s...

What You Need to Know About the SAVE Act

The SAVE Act would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote impost strict voter ID requirements for federal elections. Here is what you need to know about this harmful bill.

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Less than five minutes in and the lies were countless. The only truth is that the world is not laughing at us as a nation. They are laughing at him as a so-called leader and mourning what was the promise of America before it became a full blown kleptocracy.

LDF Prebunks Disproven Claims of Stolen 2020 Election Ahead of Trump’s Speech on Elections and Voting www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Prebunks Disproven Claims of Stolen 2020 Election Ahead of Trump’s Speech on Elections and Voting

Tonight, President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks on U.S. elections and voting machines that will likely include his repeatedly disproven conspiracy theory of substantial fraud within th...

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Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing continues today and he is no less unfit than when it began. His actions as acting Attorney General reveal an alarming hostility to civil rights and the rule of law & unwavering fealty to Trump. Todd Blanche is a hard NO. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Urges U.S. Senate to Block Confirmation of Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General

Todd Blanche will appear before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 15 for a confirmation hearing. President Trump formally nominated Todd Blanche on June 8 to serve as U.S. Attorney General. ...

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his team lead the most racially and ethnically diverse city in the U.S. LDF has been leading the fight for racial justice in America for over 85 years. Thank you, Mr. Mayor for an energizing meeting and our shared mission of racial equity.

Call your Senators today and demand they vote NO on Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General: 202-224-3121

LDF Urges U.S. Senate to Block Confirmation of Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Urges U.S. Senate to Block Confirmation of Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4w ago

An alarming number of Black people in the U.S. have died under suspicious circumstances since the second Trump admin. Many deaths have been initially categorized as suicides. Others are police-involved fatalities, alleged medical neglect in detention facilities or disappearances.

🎯 @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social : “Any senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche should know — you’re now part of the cover-up. You’re complicit in the cover-up if you vote to confirm the Todd Blanche for attorney general, who has led the cover-up of the Epstein Files.”

LDF Condemns Unjust Ousting of Election Assistance Commission Members www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Condemns Unjust Ousting of Election Assistance Commission Members

Yesterday, President Trump ousted the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), rendering the Commission inoperable. The EAC is a bipartisan agency that certifies voting systems a...

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ICE acts as a domestic terror group. Ppl like Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are being hunted and killed in broad daylight as a result of the racial profiling Justice Kavanaugh and a majority of the Supreme Court licensed earlier this year. Call Congress to freeze ICE funds now. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neg...

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This is what happens when the Supreme Court fails to issue a unanimous win in favor of the plain text of the Constitution. A 9-0 decision upholding birthright citizenship would have firmly discouraged this threatened waste of judicial resources. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/t...

Trump announces long-shot bid to get Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case

Trump already asked the Supreme Court to reconsider denying him an appeal of a verdict holding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.

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Our Win for “Woke” is a Win for Free Speech: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida’s Unconstitutional Classroom Censorship Law “If the First Amendment offers any boundary of protection at all for public university classrooms, this statute crosses it.”11th Cir. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida’s Unconstitutional Classroom Censorship Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit today struck down the higher education provisions of the Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a classroom censorship law in Florida that severely restricted educators from...

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LDF Urges Governors to Refrain from Sending More Troops to D.C. www.naacpldf.org/news/ldf-urg...

LDF Urges Governors to Refrain from Sending More Troops to D.C.

As Washington D.C. prepares to observe America’s 250th anniversary, Department of Justice officials have requested an additional 1,500 National Guard members to deploy to D.C. to support events and fo...

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When your cause is just, you don’t need a cover. If your beliefs are popular, you pursue them openly. Only when you know your actions are immoral, do you don a mask.

Legal Defense Fund @legaldefensefund.bsky.social · last mo.

We are the authors of the first chapter of the next 250 years of U.S. history. It’s worth remembering that in moments of past darkness we have triumphed not by moderating our opinions or softening our asks, but by dreaming big and daring boldly. www.contrariannews.org/p/we-need-a-...

We Need a Re-Founding

250 years into the American experiment, it’s time for the radical hope to imagine better.

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“So, on this day, as we mark 250 years of nationhood, let’s mark it as Douglass urged us to do: by renewing our vows of liberty and by committing to the hard work of reimagining, rebuilding, and refounding.” Read more from @janainelson.bsky.social: www.contrariannews.org/p/we-need-a-...

We Need a Re-Founding

250 years into the American experiment, it’s time for the radical hope to imagine better.

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LDF Issues Statement on 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Issues Statement on 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America

This Fourth of July will mark commemorations and celebrations across the country in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Ahead of the anniversary, Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counse...

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BREAKING: Nearly 1 dozen states have their own bespoke Voting Rights Act filling the void left by SCOTUS and Congress. Voting Rights Groups Secure Final Passage of New Jersey Voter Empowerment Act - www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Voting Rights Groups Secure Final Passage of New Jersey Voter Empowerment Act

Voting Rights Groups Urge Governor Sherrill to Enact Strong NJVEA Immediately Yesterday, after years of relentless advocacy for increased voting rights protections, a coalition of state and national v...

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‘This is our democracy to keep’ Honored to serve as a panelist at @aspenideas with @rickhasen @BenLGinsberg @whignewtons moderated by @FordFoundation’s new president @GerkenHeather to talk all things democracy. www.aspendailynews.com/news/aspen-i... via @aspendailynews

Aspen Ideas panel: ‘This is our democracy to keep’

Tuesday’s general assembly at the Aspen Ideas Festival discussed the state of the country’s elections and how to rebuild trust in a system that panelists say has worked, though not always fairly, for ...

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